The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-10-12
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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 70, 1887.

Milk has advanced from four to five
cents a quart in Clinton.
The patent ballot boxes are needed
at once in the First Ward.
Joseph seryis has been appointed
Postmaster at Sergeantsville.
Rev. S. c. Dare has become pastor of
the Baptist Church at Baptisttown.
About %, 900 baskets of peaches
were shipped from Frenchtown station
this season.
Prof E. T. Bush, of Quakertowu,
has been engaged as Principal of Reading
Academy, an Pennington.
The tax rate in Lebanon township
viii be $11.5O per 81 900, and Is cents
per head on dogs, this year.
The annual meeting of the Hunter
den County Historical Society will be held
at Pennington next Saturday.
Sale of real estate Of Bridget McCaw-
ley, j. J. German, guardian, tomorrow,
in this city. See advertisement.
III you wish to hear some good quar-
tettes, etc, go to the concert in the Baptist
Church, next Wednesday evening.
George II. Fisher has resigned as
Postmaster at Sergeantsville, and Joseph
Servis has beenappointed in his place.
Rev J. P. W. Blattenberger has re-
signed his charge at Reaville, 10 become
pastor OF church at Bridesburg, Pa.
Mr.. David W. Wilson has opened a
cigar store in the old post Office building,
Union street, and has n fine stock of CT
gars and tobaceos.
The Central New Jersey Baptist As
ISOLATION will hold its annual meeting
with the Frenchtown Baptist Church, be-
ginning this afternoon, and closing to-
morrow afternoon.
The reports of the Democratic caucus
from different parts of the county give a
majority to Lake for Sheriff. That is all
right; but just wait until the First Ward
of this city is heard from
Ross Slack, formerly editor of the
Independent, at Frenchtown, has been
nominated by the Prohibitionists as
their candidate for the Assembly in the
Second district of Mercer county.
Prof e. 7. Bush Of Quakertown, has
been engaged as Principal of Reading
Academy, Pennington, the position hay
ing become vacant two or three weeks
ago by the resignation OF Mr.. VanSyckel.
The Gospel Temperance meetings
held in the hall of the Woman Christian
Temperance Union will reopen on Sun
day afternoon, Oct. 10th, to be addressed
by Rev. Mr. Woolston, af Philadelphia.
III yon are thinking of buying piano
or organ, do not do so until you write to
G. A. Barlow, 1856 and 1873 Broad street,
Trenton, who is agent for all the best pi-
amos and who sells lower than other city
agencies.
"A fellow by the name of Skinner is
advertising 10 and IS per cent. mortgage
bonds. He is rightly named, and several
other fellows who carry on the same kind
Of skinnng should also adopt name
suited to their business.
The delegates to the Democratic
county convention from the First Ward
of this city did not present the vote of
that Mad h, tt,o
that are dark and for tricks that are vain
the heather Chinee is peculiar"
The Rev. j. II. Boswell, pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church of this
city, win preach next Sunday morning, at
1890 o'clock, on the subject, "Tears,'
and in the evening, at 1880, ON lessons
from the Life of a Nameless Woman"
All are invited.
Mr.. James Callan, candidate for
sheriff, ran well in his own town, at the
recent cancus, but outside, where "the
leaders" promised to help him, he was
terribly deceived. What is the use of
holding caucus, anyhow? The bosses
decide the question.
The New Jersey Firemcn's Conven-
ton, held at New Brunswick few days
since, elected d. w Spencer, of Passaic,
President, and number of Vice Presi-
dents. among whom we notice the names
of w. f. Hayhurst, Esq. of this city,
and w. F. Cotter, Esq, of Pennington.
Mr.. Frank Burke, clerk in Aliens
drug store, Pennington, and Miss Lolita
Brodhead, daughter Of Andrew j. Brod-
head, Esq, Of Pennington, were married
in the Presbyterian church on Wednesday,
at $50 o'clock, in the presence of large
number of invited guests, Rev. DR.. Mott
officiating.
Rev. w. w. Bullock, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, will preach next
Sabbath morning, at 1890, subject
sNoontide at Sychar,'' aud in the even
ing at 1880, subject "Christianity and
Pleasure" This is the fourth Of the
Sunday evening series Young people
especially invited.
The First Ward possesses first class
perhaps moro than one. A
man who can make ballots voted for one
name vanish and others take their place
in the box with another name on them, is
no ordinary prestidigitateur. He should at
once become professional performer
in the States prison.
"A new morning daily, called The Er-
press, has been started in Trenton. 1t is
published by Crosse g. Smith, two excel
lent printers and genial gentlemen, and is
edited by Mr.. w. Scott Snyder, lately
editor Of the New Brunswick Daily Fire
donian, who has an established reputation
as an excellent newspaper man. The paper
is well gotten up and we'll edited, and its
success Is rather phenomenal, it having